nope. nope. nope. nope.
"Florida’s decision to teach in schools that slavery in this country was of “personal benefit” to some enslaved people is obscene revisionism...
For those who doubt this obscenity is actually in the curriculum, look no further than Page 6 of Florida’s 2023 academic standards for teaching social studies: “Instruction includes how slaves developed skills which, in some instances, could be applied for their personal benefit.”"
#GiftArticle #GiftLink
https://wapo.st/43Il7e5
I'm absolutely certain "Oppenheimer" will be a great film, but let's all recognize how hilarious it would be for this particular flick to bomb at the box office.
Jack Smith's target letter suggests charges 'a lot more extensive' than I expected: former Trump lawyer - Raw Story - Celebrating 19 Years of Independent Journalism
Michigan attorney general charges 'false electors' over efforts to overturn the 2020 election. Sixteen people forged documents and claimed to be "duly elected and qualified electors" for the state of Michigan, Attorney General Dana Nessel said.
#MichiganAttorneyGeneral #FalseElectors #2020Election #DanaNessel #ForgeryCharges #Michigan #Politics #News
"Red Cross of Belarus admits stealing children from Ukraine
The Belarusian Red Cross has confirmed that it is taking part in "exporting" Ukrainian children from the occupied territories to Belarus.
Source: Belarusian publication Zerkalo with reference to the statement of Dmitry Shevtsov, the chairman of the Belarusian Red Cross, during a trip to Donbas, which was broadcast on the Belarus 1 TV channel
Quote from Shevtsov: "I was outraged to the core by the fact that people, I think, because their minds are corrupted, or they think doing so makes sense, accused Belarus of kidnapping children who come to us for rehabilitation. And to be honest, the fact is that the Belarusian Red Cross has taken an active part in this – and is taking, and will continue to do so.""
🔗: https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/07/19/7411971/
#Belarus #children
#Ukraine #StandWithUkraine
#Russia #RussiaIsATerroristState
Secretary of State Brad #Raffensperger plans to cancel the inactive voter registrations of 191,000 people who are scheduled to lose their ability to vote in #Georgia next month. #gapol
@RandomNunesParody @RollingStone
63 billionaires bought themselves 147 congressional election deniers, 6 corrupt Supreme Court Justices, a frying planet, 167 million people who lost bodily autonomy & agency, Russian funded Senators, voter suppression, and a coup & a cover-up.
Koch. Murdoch. Griffin. Ellison. Uihlein. Mercer. Yass. Schwarzman. Thiel. Peterffy. Lauder. Wynn. Adelson. Bigelow. DeVos. Scaife. Bradley. Marcus. Singer. Tim Dunn. Farris Wilks. Harlan Crow.
Hitler did not operate the gas chambers himself. But he was responsible.
Bin Laden did not fly the planes himself. But he was responsible.
Trump did not storm the Capitol himself. But he was responsible.
Justice matters.
'Radicalized' Tennessee Republicans act like far-right authoritarians in a single-party state: report https://www.rawstory.com/tennessee-2662297111/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
Happy birthday to me! Seeing that the little Florida orange man got a target letter for his bloody insurrection makes my day perfect!
⚡️Is Russia 'Unlucky' or 'Lucky'?
Everywhere Russia goes genocide happens. Aeroplanes fall from the sky. Dams burst. Nuclear power plants meltdown. Kerch Bridges drop. When Russia 'jokingly' threatens to, say, blow up Kakhovka Dam, the Dam then just collapses. Then after the dam's spontaneous suicide, Ruschist occupier head says everything is "normal." That flood behind him? "It's raining."
Coincidences.
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Youngkin officials quietly pull LGBTQ+ youth resources offline (Jenna Portnoy/Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/07/06/youngkin-lgbtq-resources-vdh/
http://www.memeorandum.com/230706/p98#a230706p98
BRAIN DRAIN. Hear the FEAR in these profs' stories?
This is Fascist #florida
https://www.tampabay.com/news/education/2023/07/06/are-florida-laws-chasing-university-faculty-away-some-see-brain-drain/
@StillIRise1963 I maintain that the USDS.gov should be working on critical emergency services communications infrastructure website (and app) to replace what Twitter used to provide. Would be broadcast-only, no replies to avoid moderation, and discussion could be done elsewhere on traditional social media.
@uspolitics@mastodon.sdf.org fine. By. Us.
Republicans are losing money because of Trump
https://www.newsweek.com/republicans-losing-money-because-trump-1811358
#RepublicansLosingMoney #TrumpEffect #GOPFinances #PoliticalFunding #EconomicImpact #CampaignContributions #Politics #News
This is absolutely precious. Twitter is threatening to sue Threads for hiring the same people Elon fired (many he tried to fire for cause).
Now they are saying the same people they called incompetent, slackers and whatnots were indeed crucial to the app and are transferring trade secrets to Meta. Big LMAO.
So what IS Fascism?
"Fascism is government
- by the few and
- for the few.
The objective is seizure and control of the
- economic,
- political,
- social, and
- cultural life of the state.”
- THE PEOPLE RUN DEMOCRATIC GOVTs (Vote, hold reps accountable)
- But FASCIST GOVTs RUN THE PEOPLE (Micromanage, use fear)
From
Heather Cox Richardson. https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.
This 'self-pitying' Trump judge’s 'crackpot ruling' shows he 'clearly swallowed' a conspiracy whole: report https://www.alternet.org/trump-appointed-judge-buys-into-conspiracy-theory-about-twitter-and-vaccines/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
Whenever someone mentions that the USA was founded on the slavery of nonwhites, and genocide of the indigenous peoples, all the right people get upset.
We need to keep bringing these inconvenient truths up until these historical wrongs are rectified. #IndependenceDay
